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| Unified Command Meet | | Army ready to vacate orchards if Govt provides suitable alternate accommodation | |
Srinagar, May 21
The Army authorities informed the state
Government that they were prepared to vacate
orchards and other agricultural lands,
occupied by troops,if suitable alternate accommodation
was provided to them.
This assurance was given by the senior Army
functionaries at the Unified Command meeting held
here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister,
Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The state Government informed the Army functionaries
that
already sites for accommodating the troops
had been idedntified.However, the Army authorities
wanted suitable infrastructure to be built before the
troops were shifted to those places because forces
should not be made vulnerable to militant attacks if
reallocated without adequate security cover.
The meeting also discussed the problem of infiltration.
While the state intelligence officials informed the
meeting that as compared to February-March 2007
the level of ingress during the last 50 days had
increased.
The Army authorities said that since the repair work
of the barbed wire fence,damaged as a result of
heavy snow, was in progress it had facilitated
infiltrators to sneak from across the Kupwara sector
but the level of ingress was not alarming.
They told the meeting that ther work was expected
to be completed shortly and it would result in drop in
the level of infiltration.
While appreciating the role of the security forces
Mr Azad suggested to them to maintain utmost vigil
not only on the border /line of control but within the
valley because of the ensuing annual Amarnath pilgrimage.
He wanted heads of various security agencies to
finalise a foolproof arrangements so that the pilgrim
traffic remained an incident free affair.
The state authorities expressed satisfaction over the
marked drop in the incidents of
human rights
violations.They, however, favoured zero tolerance
against such violations.
The Chief Minister wanted the security forces to deal
firmly with militants without causing any inconvenience
to civilians.
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